Carroll: Seahawks’ Percy Harvin will be ready ‘pretty quick’

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Seahawks wide receiver Percy Harvin, who has appeared in just one game this season, is on track to return to the field “pretty quick,” head coach Pete Carroll said Tuesday.

Harvin, 25, made his Seahawks debut Nov. 17 against his old team, the Minnesota Vikings, and made two highlight-worthy plays in Seattle’s 41-20 victory at CenturyLink Field. But his wild 17-yard reception and his eye-opening 58-yard kickoff return apparently took their toll on Harvin’s hip.

Even after an extra week of off time, Harvin wasn’t able to play Monday against New Orleans — not that the Seahawks needed him, demolishing the Saints 34-7 on national TV. Harvin has missed 11 of Seattle’s 12 games this season after undergoing arthroscopic hip surgery Aug. 1, after his blockbuster offseason acquisition by the Seahawks.

Harvin reportedly got a cortisone shot in his hip Saturday. And apparently he was feeling much better Tuesday morning when he showed up to work at the VMAC in Renton.

“Percy came in jacked up. He had a little procedure done last week that made a difference,” Carroll said Tuesday on 710 ESPN Seattle radio. “He feels really good this morning and we’re looking forward to a really good week, and we’ll see what happens. I’m hoping he gets a chance to play because he wants to play so bad.

“You know, it’s not like, ‘Oh, what are our chances without him, and with him?’ and all that. I don’t feel like that, and I don’t feel like that with any of our guys anymore. We just care so much about these guys being a part of what we’re doing.

“They want to play so badly — and Percy, there’s nobody that wants to get out there more. And he’ll do everything he possibly can do. He’s done that; he’s done a marvelous job of rehabbing to get to this point. It’s been frustrating. But he’s gonna pop out now. Be’s gonna pop out of this thing. He’s gonna be ready, here, pretty quick. And we’ll welcome him back when he gets in.”

The 11-1 Seahawks have a short turnaround this week before playing the 8-4 49ers on Sunday in San Francisco. The Niners will be looking to avenge their 29-3 beatdown at the CLink in Week 2, yet the Seahawks will be looking to retain their stronghold on the NFC West and the conference as a whole.